CNN —For a group of roughly two dozen displaced Afghan university students, the future feels uncertain.
More than 100 displaced Afghan students – 80 of whom were in Iraq – have already come to the US, where they are studying at more than 45 universities, according to sources familiar with the situation.
The students told CNN they don’t have any clear sense of when they will get approval to come to the US, and they are worried about what the continued delay means for their future.
“We Afghans lost almost everything, and this scholarship in the US is a very big opportunity for us,” a third student told CNN.
A US State Department spokesperson said they are “aware of the Afghan students at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani,” but could not comment on individual cases.
Persons:
Barham Salih, “ It’s, I’m, ”, “, Iraq –, “ I’m, Vance Serchuk, Institute of International Education “
Organizations:
CNN, American University of Afghanistan, American University of Iraq, Afghan Future Fund, Qatar, Project, AUAF, US State Department, U.S . Refugee, Afghan Futures Fund, Qatar Fund For Development, Institute of International Education, American University
Locations:
Kabul –, –, Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, United States, Iraq, U.S